Nargiz Zakirova

Nargiz Zakirova was born on 6 October 1970 in Tashkent into a family of musicians: her mother, Luiza Zakirova, was a pop singer of the 1960s and 1970s, and her uncle, Botir Zakirov, was one of the founders of Uzbek pop music. She first appeared on stage at the age of four, studied in the variety department of the republican circus school and performed with her own band.

In 1986 she won the audience prize at the first All-Union TV contest of young performers, “Jurmala-86”, with the song “Помни меня”, recorded for a film by Ali Khamraev. In 1995 she moved with her family to the United States and lived in New York, performing in restaurants and various bands and later as a soloist; she released the albums “Золотая клетка” (2005) and “Alone” (2011).

In 2013 she took part in the Russian TV show The Voice on Channel One in Leonid Agutin's team, reached the final and took second place. From 2014 she worked with the producer and composer Maxim Fadeev; the singles “Я — не твоя” (2014), “Ты — моя нежность” (2015), “Я не верю тебе!” (2015), “Беги” (2016) and the album “Шум сердца” (2016) came out in this period. In 2014 she won the Grand Prix of the international festival “White Nights of St. Petersburg”.

In 2017 she won two Muz-TV Awards: Best Rock Performer and, for “Вдвоём” with Maxim Fadeev, Best Duet.